GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 and UCHC announced their weekly honors on Monday afternoon, and SUNY Geneseo had six student-athletes take home honors. Jillian Ambler brought home Women's Field Athlete of the Week, Jacob Miller added Men's Track Athlete of the Week, Greg Meder and Lydia Benjamin swept Diver of the Week honors, Alex Dameski earned Empire 8 and UCHC Player of the Week recognition, while Jacob Torgner rounded out the awards as the UCHC and Empire 8 Goaltender of the Week.

Ambler won two events for the Knights in their season opening meet at Nazareth on Friday. Ambler won the finals of the 60-meter hurdles in 8.70 seconds after breaking her own E8 record earlier in the meet at 8.67 seconds, then took the top spot in the long jump at 5.89 meters (19' 4"). She currently has the best long jump in all of Division III and has the third best 60-meter hurdles time in the nation.

Miller opened the indoor track season on a high note for the Knights, winning both the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at Nazareth on Friday. Miller posted a time of 48.27 in the 400-meters, adjusted to 47.55 seconds in the NCAA rankings, which is currently third in Division III. Miller was also part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3:18.55, which adjusted to NCAA standards, is the top time in Division III to date in 2025-26.

Meder tallied the top score in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives this past weekend at the Don Richards Diving Invitational, hosted by RIT, scoring a 557.05 and 587.75 respectively. It is Meder's fourth E8 weekly honor of the season.

Benjamin was the top diver for the Knights at the Don Richards Diving Invitational at RIT this past weekend, scoring a 425.40 in the 1-meter dive and a 362.65 in the 3-meter dive. It is Benjamin's second E8 weekly accolade of 2025-26.

Dameski recorded  a six-point weekend with two goals and four assists and was plus-4, as the nationally-ranked Knights wrapped up the semester with a weekend sweep against Empire 8 foe St. John Fisher, winning by scores of 8-2 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday. He tallied a goal and three assists and was plus-2 in Friday's win, as the Knights erased a 2-0 deficit. On Saturday, Dameski scored twice, including the game-winner to open the scoring in a 4-0 win.

Torgner stopped all 22 shots he faced in Saturday's 4-0 shutout win over St. John Fisher. He made five first period saves, seven more in the second period, and competed the shutout with 10 third period stops, as the Knights moved to 5-1-0 in UCHC and 3-1-0 in UCHC competition.

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